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Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Feb 2021, 16:38

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New French SSBN Fleet

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Posted By Asturias56

There was a discussion on here a while back - I...

There was a discussion on here a while back - I think the Vanguards had a design shelf life of around 25 years (which was at least 5 years shorter than the USN "Ohio's") but that was stretched by...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Feb 2021, 09:13

Replies: 19

New French SSBN Fleet

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Posted By Asturias56

"Seems a lot faster than the UK Trident...

"Seems a lot faster than the UK Trident replacement programme - assuming it sticks to schedule of course...."

What struck me was that they intend to keep the current SSBM's in service to 2050 -...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Feb 2021, 09:11

Replies: 19

New French SSBN Fleet

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Posted By Asturias56

If you look around the thread is more accurately...

If you look around the thread is more accurately "military"

and, after all, these vessels are designed to fire a ballistic missile - which is "aviation" I believe

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